What state, county and municipal workers make
Excluding New York City, more than half a million state, county and municipal workers in New York made $29 billion in the fiscal year that ended on March 31, 2017, according to data provided by the Office of State Comptroller. That represents a 2.8 percent increase from the year before. Data for the 2015-16 year were also included in the table below.
You can also see this list of more than 500,000 government employees rounded up into a a database of more than 3,000 governmental units in New York State.
The data below, which cover active employees enrolled in the New York State and Local Retirement System, were obtained via a Freedom of Information Law request. You can read more here. This database was posted on Nov. 28, 2017.
| Name | Employer name | Amount | Date | Fiscal year | Pension group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name JONES, THOMAS S | Employer name Dutchess County | Amount $84,528.39 | Date 01/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALLAT, KAREN A | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $84,527.74 | Date 10/04/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARBUTO, CHRISTINA M | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $84,527.37 | Date 09/03/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MASTRANTUONO, LEO J | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $84,527.20 | Date 10/19/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANTONELLIS, JOHN R | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $84,527.19 | Date 05/10/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORF, SCOTT J | Employer name Western NY Childrens Psych Center | Amount $84,525.87 | Date 05/06/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOTWINICK, ROSS P | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $84,525.83 | Date 01/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAFFAELE, DEBORAH A | Employer name Village of Old Brookville | Amount $84,525.71 | Date 02/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAZZALIA, REBECCA | Employer name HSC at Syracuse-Hospital | Amount $84,525.55 | Date 07/28/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RENGA, GREGORY | Employer name Port Washington UFSD | Amount $84,525.00 | Date 07/09/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAAMANO, SANTIAGO | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $84,523.80 | Date 04/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIGGINS, JOE N | Employer name Mid-Hudson Psych Center | Amount $84,523.59 | Date 09/11/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARPENTER, JULIE L | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $84,523.47 | Date 02/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WOLF, LINDA M | Employer name Essex County | Amount $84,523.33 | Date 07/27/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBIE, NATHANIEL A | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $84,523.10 | Date 01/14/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CUTCHEN, VENICE M | Employer name Green Haven Corr Facility | Amount $84,522.98 | Date 09/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIXSON, HEATHER L | Employer name Broome DDSO | Amount $84,522.42 | Date 09/24/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIRANNE, JOSEPH J | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $84,522.06 | Date 08/16/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GAJDJIS, DEAN S | Employer name Town of Smithtown | Amount $84,521.25 | Date 08/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE PAGE, TIMOTHY P | Employer name St Lawrence County | Amount $84,520.86 | Date 04/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COACCI, NICHOLAS J | Employer name W Hempstead Sanitation Dist #6 | Amount $84,520.75 | Date 07/11/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, ANGELIQUE S | Employer name HSC at Brooklyn-Hospital | Amount $84,520.39 | Date 02/06/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHN, ELIZABETH | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $84,519.90 | Date 10/24/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRADBERRY, KEVIN M | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $84,519.46 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRATT, GREGORY D | Employer name NYS Senate Regular Annual | Amount $84,519.38 | Date 09/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FORTE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,519.10 | Date 12/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, CHRISTINE E | Employer name SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital | Amount $84,518.63 | Date 11/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUNN, TIMOTHY D | Employer name Gowanda Correctional Facility | Amount $84,518.15 | Date 07/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUMANN, SCOTT A | Employer name Queensboro Corr Facility | Amount $84,517.95 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKRYNECKI, SCOTT E | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $84,517.26 | Date 10/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MUNIZ, JOSEPH S | Employer name Ridge Road Fire District | Amount $84,517.19 | Date 02/28/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GRAHAM, TAWANNA LYNETTE | Employer name Central NY DDSO | Amount $84,517.13 | Date 11/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUONO, PAMELA J | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $84,516.30 | Date 01/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BETSEY, KEITH A | Employer name Onondaga County | Amount $84,515.70 | Date 09/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, RODNEY J | Employer name City of Syracuse | Amount $84,515.62 | Date 01/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name TIMONEY, GAVIN J | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $84,513.49 | Date 09/15/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEELHAR, KRISTOPHER M | Employer name Cortland County | Amount $84,513.49 | Date 08/04/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRENDAMANO, MICHAEL A | Employer name 10Th Jd Suffolk Co Nonjudicial | Amount $84,513.36 | Date 01/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WATSON, JAMES | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $84,513.35 | Date 01/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BINU, BLESSY | Employer name Helen Hayes Hospital | Amount $84,513.32 | Date 01/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURKIN, ANDREW S | Employer name SUNY Buffalo | Amount $84,513.00 | Date 08/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, ALICE J | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $84,512.90 | Date 06/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KNAPP, LEE A | Employer name NYS Power Authority | Amount $84,512.77 | Date 07/16/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NWAFOR, ANTHONY C | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $84,512.12 | Date 12/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARMENIA, DAVID M | Employer name NYC Family Court | Amount $84,512.07 | Date 08/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KENZIE, TRISHA R | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $84,511.50 | Date 08/25/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRENCE, KAII M | Employer name Housing Trust Fund Corp. | Amount $84,510.55 | Date 08/10/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORRES, DANIEL S | Employer name Lakeview Shock Incarc Facility | Amount $84,510.31 | Date 10/27/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARUSO, STEPHEN A | Employer name City of Schenectady | Amount $84,509.89 | Date 11/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROMWELL, LEONARD F | Employer name Sayville UFSD | Amount $84,509.59 | Date 10/18/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CALANDER, VERNON E, JR | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $84,509.48 | Date 04/13/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FALANA, CLEMENT O | Employer name Temporary & Disability Assist | Amount $84,509.36 | Date 12/20/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, LISA M | Employer name City of Rochester | Amount $84,509.20 | Date 05/19/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CUDDIHY, RYAN C | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,508.90 | Date 06/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLATTERY, KIERAN J | Employer name Supreme Ct-Queens Co | Amount $84,508.85 | Date 11/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENCIA, DELFIN A, JR | Employer name Rockland Psych Center | Amount $84,508.20 | Date 05/08/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEL VALLE, JOSE M | Employer name Supreme Ct Kings Co | Amount $84,507.76 | Date 01/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWINEHART, VICKIE J | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $84,507.38 | Date 05/11/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISCHER, MICHAEL H | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $84,507.35 | Date 12/23/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HENSE, CEDRIC S | Employer name Greene Corr Facility | Amount $84,507.05 | Date 12/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOLCHYOK, SVETLANA | Employer name Medicaid Fraud Control | Amount $84,506.92 | Date 06/12/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VALENTE, VINCENT J | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $84,506.72 | Date 01/11/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOVE, MICHAEL O | Employer name Town of Clarkstown | Amount $84,506.64 | Date 06/13/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOUCHARD, DONNA | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $84,506.51 | Date 11/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UDUGAMPOLA, RASIKA N | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $84,506.16 | Date 02/23/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIM, JIHOON | Employer name Department of Law | Amount $84,505.89 | Date 05/19/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEALEY, EVERETT | Employer name Fishkill Corr Facility | Amount $84,505.04 | Date 12/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABRAHAM, JENNIFER M | Employer name Nassau County | Amount $84,505.00 | Date 10/08/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REILLY, THERESA M | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $84,504.86 | Date 11/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC PHERSON, KENESHA E | Employer name Sing Sing Corr Facility | Amount $84,504.85 | Date 01/11/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOSE, KURIAN | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $84,504.81 | Date 09/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLEY, NEIL R | Employer name Moriah Shock Incarce Corr Fac | Amount $84,504.62 | Date 05/07/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, LATASHA Y | Employer name Commission On Judicial Conduct | Amount $84,504.09 | Date 08/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKHAM, JOSEPH S | Employer name Marcy Correctional Facility | Amount $84,503.52 | Date 12/03/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN DERMARK, DAVID R | Employer name Willard Drug Treatment Campus | Amount $84,503.52 | Date 10/15/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZBYTEK, SCOTT P | Employer name NYS Community Supervision | Amount $84,503.40 | Date 04/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENNY, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Village of Lynbrook | Amount $84,503.31 | Date 01/03/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZHOU, HUA | Employer name Health Research Inc | Amount $84,503.10 | Date 11/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLETCHKA, PETER W | Employer name Town of Islip | Amount $84,502.93 | Date 01/04/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISSARDIN, CAMILLE S | Employer name Office For Technology | Amount $84,502.41 | Date 03/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, THOMAS C | Employer name Cape Vincent Corr Facility | Amount $84,501.85 | Date 09/04/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRRERA, EDGARDO L | Employer name Suffolk County | Amount $84,501.15 | Date 10/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MUNNELLY, KEVIN M | Employer name Village of Port Chester | Amount $84,501.05 | Date 08/03/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PATRICK, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Groveland Corr Facility | Amount $84,500.75 | Date 09/14/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SYKES, PAUL A | Employer name Mohawk Correctional Facility | Amount $84,500.64 | Date 09/07/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BECKER, EDWARD C | Employer name Metropolitan Trans Authority | Amount $84,500.42 | Date 03/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILL, HEIDI L | Employer name Saratoga Cap Dis St Pk Rec Reg | Amount $84,500.07 | Date 09/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, THOMAS G | Employer name 10Th Jd Nassau Nonjudicial | Amount $84,500.00 | Date 03/25/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIERNIAK, LAUREN A | Employer name City of Buffalo | Amount $84,499.80 | Date 01/18/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CHELO, MARCO | Employer name State Insurance Fund-Admin | Amount $84,499.79 | Date 05/05/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEITZENRATER, ROBERT B | Employer name City of Jamestown | Amount $84,497.43 | Date 12/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PULSIFER, RICHARD L | Employer name NYS Gaming Commission | Amount $84,496.91 | Date 09/07/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ABEL, SUZANNE M | Employer name Div Alc & Alc Abuse Trtmnt Center | Amount $84,496.47 | Date 06/12/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAMIREZ, JULIO | Employer name Port Authority of NY & NJ | Amount $84,496.30 | Date 02/13/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERIS, FRANK J | Employer name Office of General Services | Amount $84,495.22 | Date 08/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALRATH, LEIGH R | Employer name Adirondack Park Agcy | Amount $84,495.22 | Date 09/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERHAEGEN, TIM N | Employer name Dept of Financial Services | Amount $84,495.22 | Date 06/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BATTAGLIA, DENISE M | Employer name Department of Health | Amount $84,495.22 | Date 04/09/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WORLEY, NOREEN M | Employer name Dept Labor - Manpower | Amount $84,495.22 | Date 02/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCCI, JAMES J | Employer name Department of Tax & Finance | Amount $84,495.22 | Date 08/24/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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